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Andrew Chetcuti added one more medal for Team Malta on the final day of the swimming competitions as the veteran swimmer placed second in the 50 metres fly in Podgorica. Chetcuti’s silver medal takes Malta’s tally in these Games to a record ten – five sWatc Chetcuti’s silver wraps up Malta’s positive showing in GSSE
Andrew Chetcuti added one more medal for Team Malta on the final day of the swimming competitions as the veteran swimmer placed second in the 50 metres fly in Podgorica. Chetcuti’s silver medal takes Malta’s tally in these Games to a record ten – five silver and five bronze. Racing in late five Chetcuti produced storming swim to touch home in a time of 24.61 seconds… just behind Luxembourg swimmer Julien Henx (24.30) Harry Stacey was sixth in 25.67. “I’m pretty happy to have finished off these Games with three silver medals,” said Chetcuti after landing his first individual medal in Montenegro and a remarkable 16th overall for Malta in GSSE history. “To be honest, I didn’t know after only returning to training six months ago but it has been a great experience. We are a very good bunch of swimmers who go very well together and support each other and certainly there is a bright future. “No doubt, this result fills me with great encouragement to start training properly with my team in the US and hopefully it will not be long before I return to the level I was a couple of years ago and even go a step higher, especially with the Tokyo Olympics coming up soon.” Earlier, Chetcuti and... Read more